The 2024–25 Ukrainian Cup is the 33rd annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition started on 3 August 2024 and will be concluded on 14 May 2025 with the final. Champions qualify for the Second qualifying round 2025-26 UEFA Europa League.
All competition rounds consisted of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league. Draw for all the rounds was blind.
Team allocation and schedule
The competition includes all professional first teams from the Premier League (16/16 teams of the league), First League (18/18), Second League (13/20) and 2 best performer from the previous year's Amateur Cup. Seven clubs' second teams all from the Second League are not eligible for the tournament.
| Distribution[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | ||
| First preliminary round (32 teams) |
17 entrants from the First League 13 entrants of the Second League 2 entrants of the 2023–24 Amateur Cup |
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| Second preliminary round (18 teams) |
2 entrants from the mini tournament finals | 16 winners from the First preliminary round | |
| Third preliminary round (16 teams) |
7 entrants from the Premier League | 9 winners from the Second preliminary round | |
| Round of 16 (16 teams) |
8 entrants from the Premier League | 8 winners from the Third preliminary round | |
Rounds schedule
| Phase | Round | Number of fixtures |
Clubs remaining |
Draw date | Game date[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary | First round | 16 | 32 → 16 | 26 July 2024[1] | 3 and 4 August 2024 |
| Second round | 9 | 18 → 9 | 5 August 2024[2] | 11-13 August 2024 | |
| Third round | 8 | 16 → 8 | 14 August 2024 | 21-22 August 2024 | |
| Main event | Round of 16 | 8 | 16 → 8 | 28 August 2024 | 30 October 2024 |
| Quarter-finals | 4 | 8 → 4 | 8 November 2024 | 2 April 2025 | |
| Semi-finals | 2 | 4 → 2 | April 2025 | 23 April 2025 | |
| Final | 1 | 2 → 1 | 14 May 2025 |
Teams
| Enter in First Round | Enter in Second Round | Enter in Third Round | Enter in Fourth Round | ||
| AAFU 2 teams |
PFL League 2 13 teams |
PFL League 1 17 teams |
"Mini tournament final" 2 teams |
UPL 7 teams |
UPL 8 teams |
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Notes:
- Olympia Savyntsi qualified in place of Shturm Ivankiv (FC Mykolaiv – Shturm Ivankiv), which merged with Kolos Kovalivka as the latter one reserve team.
- Mini tournament was organized during the summer break due to abrupt withdrawal of SC Dnipro-1.
Competition schedule
Legends: AM – AAFU (amateur) competitions (IV tier), 2L – Second League (III tier), 1L – First League (II tier), PL – Premier League (I tier)
First preliminary round (1/64)
In this round, 17 clubs from the First League, 13 clubs from the Second League and 2 participants of the 2023–24 Amateur Cup.[3]
The draw was held on 26 July 2024 with participation of Andriy Vorobey and Vitaliy Danylchenko.[4]
| 3 August 2024 | Chernihiv (2L) | 1–0 | (2L) Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka | Chernihiv |
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Report |
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Stadium: Yunist Stadium Referee: O.Harkusha (Zhytomyr) |
| 3 August 2024 | Real Pharma Odesa (2L) | 0–3 | (1L) UCSA Tarasivka | Odesa |
| Report |
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Stadium: Ivan Referee: A.Artemenko (Mykolaiv) |
| 3 August 2024 | Dinaz Vyshhorod (1L) | 1–2 | (1L) Kudrivka | Bucha |
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Report |
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Stadium: Yuvileinyi Referee: R.Halitsyn (Sumy) |
| 3 August 2024 | Viktoriya Sumy (1L) | 1–0 | (1L) Metalurh Zaporizhia | Sumy |
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Report | Stadium: Yuvileinyi Referee: V.Orendochka (Poltava) |
| 3 August 2024 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni (2L) | 3–1 | (1L) Mariupol | Horishni Plavni |
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Report |
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Stadium: Yunist Referee: A.Voyevoda (Dnipro) |
| 3 August 2024 | Lokomotyv Kyiv (2L) | 1–4 | (1L) Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Kyiv |
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Report | Stadium: imeni Bannikova Attendance: 203 Referee: A.Hordynskyi (Vinnytsia) |
| 3 August 2024 | Kulykiv (2L) | 0–0 (4–2 p) | (2L) Nyva Vinnytsia | Kulykiv, Lviv Oblast |
| Report | Stadium: Arena Kulykiv Attendance: 360 Referee: R.Molnar (Uzhhorod) | |||
| Penalties | ||||
| 3 August 2024 | Trostianets (2L) | 0–1 | (1L) Poltava | Trostianets, Sumy Oblast |
| Report |
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Stadium: imeni Kutsa Attendance: 96 Referee: S.Dubykivskyi (Kyiv Oblast) |
| 3 August 2024 | Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk (2L) | 2–2 (2–4 p) | (1L) Podillia Khmelnytskyi | Ivano-Frankivsk |
| Report |
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Stadium: imeni Hemby Attendance: 296 Referee: Ya.Leskiv (Lviv Oblast) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| 3 August 2024 | Vilkhivtsi (2L) | 0–0 (5–6 p) | (1L) Metalist Kharkiv | Vilkhivtsi, Zakarpattia Oblast |
| Report Report (Metalist) |
Stadium: Vilkhivtsi Arena Park Attendance: 300 Referee: T.Kozak (Lviv Oblast) | |||
| Penalties | ||||
| 3 August 2024 | Skala 1911 Stryi (2L) | 2–0 | (1L) Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | Morshyn, Lviv Oblast |
| Report | Stadium: Medyk Referee: I.Mandzyuk (Ternopil Oblast) |
| 3 August 2024 | Uzhhorod (2L) | 0–4 | (1L) Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Uzhhorod |
| Report | Stadium: Avanhard Attendance: 300 Referee: M.Baidyuk (Chernivtsi) |
| 3 August 2024 | Mykolaiv (AM) | 1–0 | (1L) Ahrobiznes Volochysk | Mykolaiv, Lviv Oblast |
| Report | Stadium: Miskyi Attendance: 650 Referee: A.Shevchuk (Volyn Oblast) |
| 3 August 2024 | Nyva Ternopil (1L) | 1–1 (3–4 p) | (1L) Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Ternopil |
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Report Report (Bukovyna) |
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Stadium: Miskyi Attendance: 450 Referee: V.Malyar (Khmelnytskyi) | |
| Penalties | ||||
| 4 August 2024 | Olimpiya Savyntsi (AM) | 2–0 | (1L) Kremin Kremenchuk | Poltava |
| Report | Stadium: Molodizhnyi Referee: Yevhenii Makarenko (Sumy) |
| 4 August 2024 | Probiy Horodenka (2L) | 4–0 | (1L) Khust | Horodenka, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
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Report | Stadium: Kolos Referee: I.Sadkovskyi (Ternopil Oblast) |
- Notes
Second preliminary round (1/32)
In this round, a club from the Premier League and a club from the First League entered the competition and joined the 16 winners of the First preliminary round (9 clubs from First League, 5 clubs from Second League, 2 – amateurs).
The draw was held on 5 August 2024 with participation of Dmytro Mykhailenko and Serhiy Annenko.[5]
| 11 August 2024 | Mykolaiv (AM) | 3–1 | (1L) Metalist Kharkiv | Mykolaiv, Lviv Oblast |
| 16:00 |
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Report Report (LAF) |
Stadium: Miskyi Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Vadym Zaprutnyak (Vinnytsia) |
| 12 August 2024 | Probiy Horodenka (2L) | 2–2 (4–3 p) | (2L) Kulykiv | Horodenka, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| 12:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Kolos Attendance: 220 Referee: K.Kozoroh (Kyiv Oblast) | |
| Penalties | ||||
| 12 August 2024 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (1L) | 5–3 (a.e.t.) | (1L) Poltava | Kyiv |
| 12:00 | Report |
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Stadium: imeni Bannikova Attendance: 87 Referee: Ye.Tsybulko (Cherkasy Oblast) |
| 12 August 2024 | Chernihiv (2L) | 0–1 | (1L) Viktoriya Sumy | Chernihiv |
| 12:00 | Report | Stadium: Yunist Stadium Referee: S.Podryhulya (Lutsk) |
| 12 August 2024 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (1L) | 0–1 | (1L) Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Ivano-Frankivsk |
| 14:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Rukh Attendance: 437 Referee: M.Bohatyr (Zaporizhia) |
| 12 August 2024 | Podillia Khmelnytskyi (1L) | 0–1 | (1L) UCSA Tarasivka | Khmelnytskyi |
| 15:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Podillia Attendance: 468 Referee: M.Lypko (Ivano-Frankivsk) |
| 12 August 2024 | Skala 1911 Stryi (2L) | 1–3 | (1L) Mynai | Morshyn, Lviv Oblast |
| 16:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Medyk Referee: I.Salash (Kalush) |
| 13 August 2024 | Kudrivka (1L) | 3–2 | (PL) Livyi Bereh Kyiv | Bucha, Kyiv Oblast |
| 12:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Yuvileinyi Referee: O.Kohut (Ternopil) |
| 13 August 2024 | Olimpiya Savyntsi (AM) | 4–2 | (2L) Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | Horishni Plavni, Poltava Oblast |
| 13:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Yunist Referee: V.Vasylchenko (Slovyansk) |
Third preliminary round (1/16)
In this round, another 7 out of remaining 15 clubs from the Premier League entered the competition and joined the 9 winners of the Second preliminary round (6 clubs from First League, a club from Second League, 2 – amateurs).
The draw was held on 14 August 2024 with participation of Vyacheslav Shevchuk and Aliaksandr Khatskevich.[6]
| 21 August 2024 | Olimpiya Savyntsi (AM) | 1–4 | (PL) Zorya Luhansk | Horishni Plavni, Poltava Oblast |
| 13:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Yunist Referee: A.Zaitsev (Donetsk Oblast) |
| 21 August 2024 | Probiy Horodenka (2L) | 2–2 (4–2 p) | (PL) Inhulets Petrove | Horodenka, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| 15:00 | Report | Stadium: Kolos Referee: S.Lapko (Lviv) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| 21 August 2024 | Mynai (1L) | 0–2 | (1L) Viktoriya Sumy | Mynai, Zakarpattia Oblast |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Mynai Arena Attendance: 230 Referee: A.Mykhailyuk (Zhytomyr) |
| 21 August 2024 | Kolos Kovalivka (PL) | 0–0 (4–5 p) | (PL) Obolon Kyiv | Kovalivka, Kyiv Oblast |
| 17:00 | Report | Stadium: Kolos Attendance: 477 Referee: D.Reznikov (Kamianske) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| 21 August 2024 | Mykolaiv (AM) | 1–2 | (1L) Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Mykolaiv, Lviv Oblast |
| 17:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Miskyi Attendance: 860 Referee: I.Stashuk (Chernihiv) |
| 21 August 2024 | Karpaty Lviv (PL) | 3–0 | (PL) Chornomorets Odesa | Lviv |
| 18:00 | Report | Stadium: Ukraina Attendance: 1,930 Referee: N.Gyorgy (Uzhhorod) |
| 22 August 2024 | Kudrivka (1L) | 0–4 | (1L) UCSA Tarasivka | Bucha, Kyiv Oblast |
| 13:00 | Report | Stadium: Yuvileinyi Referee: M.Firsov (Rivne) |
| 22 August 2024 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (1L) | 0–4 | (PL) Veres Rivne | Hnidyn, Kyiv Oblast |
| 17:00 | Report | Stadium: Livyi Bereh Attendance: 320 Referee: S.Prychyna (Lviv Oblast) |
Round of 16 (1/8)
In this round, the remaining 8 clubs from the Premier League entered the competition and joined the 8 winners of the Third preliminary round (4 clubs from Premier League, 3 clubs from First League, a club from Second League).
The draw was held on 28 August 2024 with participation of Vladyslav Vashchuk and Oleh Luzhnyi.[7]
| 29 October 2024 | Rukh Lviv (PL) | 1–0 | (PL) Karpaty Lviv | Lviv |
| 18:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov |
| 30 October 2024 | Probiy Horodenka (2L) | 0–1 | (1L) Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Horodenka, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| 12:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Probiy Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Artem Mykhailyuk |
| 30 October 2024 | UCSA Tarasivka (1L) | 1–4 | (PL) FC Oleksandriya | Kyiv |
| 13:00 |
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Report | Stadium: imeni Bannikova Attendance: 270 Referee: Oleksandr Kalyonov |
| 30 October 2024 | Vorskla Poltava (PL) | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | (PL) Dynamo Kyiv | Poltava |
| 15:30 |
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Report | Stadium: Vorskla Attendance: 2,358 Referee: Oleksandr Afanasyev |
| 30 October 2024 | Polissya Zhytomyr (PL) | 2–1 | (PL) Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Zhytomyr |
| 15:30 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Polissia Tsentralnyi Miskyi Attendance: 950 Referee: Oleksandr Omelchenko |
| 30 October 2024 | Veres Rivne (PL) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | (PL) Obolon Kyiv | Rivne |
| 18:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Avanhard Attendance: 993 Referee: Oleksandr Solovyan |
| 30 October 2024 | Viktoriya Sumy (1L) | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p) | (PL) LNZ Cherkasy | Cherkasy |
| 18:00 | Report | Stadium: Cherkasy Arena Attendance: 327 Referee: Nazariy Gyorgy | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| 30 October 2024 | Shakhtar Donetsk (PL) | 1–0 | (PL) Zorya Luhansk | Lviv |
| 18:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 1,097 Referee: Denys Shurman |
Quarter-finals (1/4)
This round includes 6 clubs from the Premier League and two teams from the First League.
The draw was held on 8 November 2024 with participation of Oleh Luzhny among notable football celebrities.[8]
| 1 April 2025 | (1L) Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 2–1 | (1L) Viktoriya Sumy | Chernivtsi |
| 13:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Bukovyna Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn (Kharkiv) |
| 2 April 2025 | (PL) FC Oleksandriya | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | (PL) Shakhtar Donetsk | Oleksandriya, Kirovohrad Oblast |
| 14:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Nika Attendance: 1,180 Referee: Mykola Balakin (Kyiv Oblast) |
| 2 April 2025 | (PL) Rukh Lviv | 0–1 | (PL) Dynamo Kyiv | Lviv |
| 18:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov (Dnipro) |
| 2 April 2025 | (PL) Veres Rivne | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | (PL) Polissya Zhytomyr | Rivne |
| 18:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Avanhard Attendance: 2,960 Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskyi (Khmelnytskyi) |
Semi-finals (1/2)
This round will include three clubs from the Premier League and a team from the First League.
| 23 April 2025 | (1L) Bukovyna Chernivtsi | v | (PL) Dynamo Kyiv | Chernivtsi |
| [ Report] | Stadium: Bukovyna |
| 23 April 2025 | (PL) Polissya Zhytomyr | v | (PL) Shakhtar Donetsk | Zhytomyr |
| [ Report] |
Final
| 14 May 2025 | winner of Polissya–Shakhtar | v | winner of Bukovyna–Dynamo | Zhytomyr[9] |
| [ Report] | Stadium: Tsentralnyi |
Bracket
The following is the bracket which demonstrates the last four rounds of the Ukrainian Cup including the final match. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.
| Round of 16 29–30 October 2024 | Quarter-finals 1-2 April 2025 | Semi-finals 23 April 2025 | Final 14 May 2025 | |||||||||||
| 30 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 April 2025 | ||||||||||||||
| Zorya Luhansk | 0 | |||||||||||||
| FC Oleksandriya | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 30 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| Shakhtar Donetsk (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| UCSA Tarasivka | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 23 April 2025 | ||||||||||||||
| FC Oleksandriya | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Polissia Zhytomyr | - | |||||||||||||
| 30 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | - | |||||||||||||
| Polissya Zhytomyr | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2 April 2025 | ||||||||||||||
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Veres Rivne | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 30 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| Polissya Zhytomyr (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Veres Rivne (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 14 May 2025 | ||||||||||||||
| Obolon Kyiv | 1 | |||||||||||||
| TBD | - | |||||||||||||
| 30 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| TBD | - | |||||||||||||
| Probiy Horodenka | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 April 2025 | ||||||||||||||
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 30 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| Viktoriya Sumy | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Viktoriya Sumy (p) | 2 (3) | |||||||||||||
| 23 April 2025 | ||||||||||||||
| LNZ Cherkasy | 2 (1) | |||||||||||||
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | - | |||||||||||||
| 29 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| Dynamo Kyiv | - | |||||||||||||
| Rukh Lviv | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 April 2025 | ||||||||||||||
| Karpaty Lviv | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rukh Lviv | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 30 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Vorskla Poltava | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Dynamo Kyiv (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Top goalscorers
The competition's top three goalscorers including preliminary rounds.
- As of 30 October 2024[10]
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
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| 1 |  Bohdan Orynchak
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Probiy Horodenka | 4 |
| 2 | Roman Debelko
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UCSA Tarasivka | 3 |
 Ari Moura
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Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 3 | |
| Ihor Koshman
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Olimpiya Savyntsi | 3 (1) |
Notes:
See also
- 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League
- 2024–25 Ukrainian First League
- 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League
- 2024–25 Ukrainian Amateur Cup
References
- ^ a b c d Прикарпаття зустрінеться з Ужгородом, Металіст зіграє з Вільхівцями на першому попередньому етапі Кубка України-2024/25. sportarena.com. 26 July 2024
- ^ Лівий Берег вирушить до Кудрівки, Металіст 1925 зіграє з Полтавою у другому попередньому етапі Кубка України 2024/25. sportarena.com. 5 August 2024
- ^ Прикарпаття зустрінеться з Ужгородом, Металіст зіграє з Вільхівцями на першому попередньому етапі Кубка України-2024/25. sportarena.com. 26 July 2024
- ^ Vbet Кубок України-2024/2025. Відбулося жеребкування першого попереднього етапу турніру. uaf.ua. 26 July 2024
- ^ Vbet Кубок України-2024/2025. Відбулося жеребкування другого попереднього етапу турніру. uaf.ua. 5 August 2024
- ^ Vbet Кубок України-2024/2025. Відбулося жеребкування третього попереднього етапу турніру. uaf.ua. 14 August 2024
- ^ Vbet Кубок України-2024/2025. Відбулося жеребкування 1/8 фіналу турніру. uaf.ua. 28 August 2024
- ^ Vbet Кубок України-2024/2025. Відбулося жеребкування 1/4 фіналу турніру. uaf.ua. 8 November 2024
- ^ The UAF Executive Committee decision (Рішення Виконкому УАФ: делегація на Конгрес ФІФА, місце фіналу Vbet Кубку України-2024/2025 та затвердження нової редакції Кодексу етики та чесної гри). uaf.ua. 4 March 2025
- ^ Scorers. FootBoom.
External links
- [1]. uaf.ua
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